Arabic vocabulary
ضَّبْطِrestraint in Arabic
ضَّبْطِ is how you say “restraint” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
Example sentences
وَأَحَقُّ الأَشْيَاءُ بِالضَّبْطِ وَالْقَهْرِ
And the things most deserving of restraint and coercion:
بِالضَّبْطِ — of restraint. The prefix bi- ('of/with') is a preposition forcing the noun after it into the 'of...' ending, plus the 'the' of the noun. It links 'most deserving' to its object, telling you deserving OF what: restraint. So the small bi- carries the relationship of merit to its target.
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